Re: [gentoo-user] Stop net.eth0 from starting?
On 08:47 Thu 02 Aug , Dan Cowsill wrote: I've got wifi configured with madwifi and use my wifi interface a lot more than the ethernet I had thought that removing net.eth0 from rc-update, but that didn't seem to work. Every time I booted, the interface tried to go up and get dhcp information. I then read about and used a preup function to check that interfaces are actually connected before they are brought up, and this essentially solves the problem. It occurs to me that it would just be a whole lot easier and cleaner if net.eth0 just didn't try to start at all, but I haven't found any way to do this short of removing the init.d script from rc-update. My question is, is there any way to stop net.eth0 from starting besides ethtool's preup function? There's yet another solution to this problem: $ cat net config_eth0=( null ) So just set the configuration for the interface to `null' so it doesn't do atything when brought up at boot time. Regards, Aleks pgpEpF0xs6flr.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] Stop net.eth0 from starting?
I've got wifi configured with madwifi and use my wifi interface a lot more than the ethernet I had thought that removing net.eth0 from rc-update, but that didn't seem to work. Every time I booted, the interface tried to go up and get dhcp information. I then read about and used a preup function to check that interfaces are actually connected before they are brought up, and this essentially solves the problem. It occurs to me that it would just be a whole lot easier and cleaner if net.eth0 just didn't try to start at all, but I haven't found any way to do this short of removing the init.d script from rc-update. My question is, is there any way to stop net.eth0 from starting besides ethtool's preup function? Thanks. -- -·=»Ðŧħ«=·- z� ��(��j)b� b�
Re: [gentoo-user] Stop net.eth0 from starting?
On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 08:47:32 -0500, Dan Cowsill wrote: My question is, is there any way to stop net.eth0 from starting besides ethtool's preup function? Yes, emerge ifplugd. The net startup scripts will detect its presence, and not try to bring the interface up unless it is connected by a cable. -- Neil Bothwick Code: (n.) a means of concealing bugs favored by programmers. (v.) the process of concealing bugs by programming. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
